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3.26.2010

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CNET News is reporting that Albert Gonzales has been convicted in last year's theft of millions of credit card numbers from T.J.Maxx, BJ's Wholesale Club, and Barnes & Noble (the largest reported theft of its kind to-date) and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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I have been active in the sustainability movement for over twenty-five years, and have worked with the Forest Stewardship Council, Green Festival, Sustainable Cascadia, Sustainable Seattle, Eat Local Now! and Seattle Innovators, as well as Seattle-area SCALLOPS affiliates, Transition Network groups, and others.
My professional training includes a Ph.D. in Environmental Politics and an M.A. in Political Economy (with research in Ecological Economics) from the University of Maryland, and a B.A. in Ecological Agriculture from The Evergreen State College. I served in Peace Corps (Bolivia) from 1993-95.